In the beginning was the big bang, fifteen billion years ago. The primordial vacuum was devoid of matter, but not really empty....It was in a state of minimum energy...teeming with virtual particles....In this vacuum, there emerged a hot, dense seed, smaller than a proton, yet containing all the mass and energy of our universe. In less than a trillionth of a second, this seed cooled and expanded wildly, faster than the speed of light, inflating into the size of a grapefruit.
God and the Big Bang. Daniel C. Matt.
At the beginning of time, God's presence filled the universe. To make room for creation, God first drew in God's breath, contracting God's self. From that contraction a dark mass was produced. And when God said "Let there be Light", the light that came into being entered the dark mass, and ten vessels came forth, each filled with primordial light.
"The Shattering of the Vessels". Tree of Souls. Howard Schwartz
At the time of Creation, God created worlds and destroyed them. The worlds that were created and those that were destroyed were the shattered vessels that God had sent forth. Out of those broken vessels, God created the present universe.
"Creation by Broken Vessels". Tree of Life. Howard Schwartz
The universe began in an extremely hot state of utmost simplicity and symmetry. As it expands and cool, its perfect symmetry is broken, giving rise to the world of diversity and structure.
God and the Big Bang. Daniel C. Matt
Ten Billion years after the beginning of time, in a spiral galaxy called the Milky Way...a massive cloud of gas and dust started to contract....the attraction of gravity pulled most of the matter to the central region, eventually forming the sun. Within the flattening disk, particles not drawn into the center [clustered and] collided to form planets.
God and the Big Bang. Daniel C. Matt
The earth's early atmosphere of hydrogen, water, vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases, allowed for organic compounds and DNA to spontaneously create themselves.